Arthur Wesley Cooprider Jr.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery with Phil Lester of The Rock ministries officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

Mr. Cooprider was born March 25, 1924, in Detroit to Helen and Arthur Cooprider. He had worked as a custodian for the Michigan Public School System. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, in 2006.

Survivors include a daughter, Catherine Carter of Jacksonville, Fla.; three sons, Paul Cooprider of Oklahoma City, Wesley Cooprider of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Doug Cooprider of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to The Rock, P.O. Box 1466, Amarillo, TX 79105.